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On Thursday night, Arsenal were on the wrong side of a VAR decision as referee Michael Oliver awarded a goal to West Ham despite the ball appearing to go out of play for a corner.
The ball fell to Jarrod Bowen after Gabriel and Oleksandr Zinchenko failed to clear a cross into the box. The Hammers star went for the ball, then passed it to Tomas Soucek, who shot past David Raya.
Despite having controlled possession up to that point, the visitors took the lead. VAR Craig Pawson thoroughly examined the goal, with replays appearing to show the ball had gone out.
However, Bowen’s right leg and upper torso were obstructing the ball from the sideline camera’s view. And former top referee Mark Clattenberg pointed this out as the cause for a goal being awarded.
“Because the on-field decision is a goal, they must find conclusive evidence that the ball was out of play.” According to the views I’ve seen, the ball appears to be marginally in play,” he told Amazon Prime.
Former Rangers player Ally McCoist, on the other hand, was sceptical that the ball had stayed in. The commentator watched several replays, which he admitted were inconclusive. “It’s a tough one,” McCoist stated on Amazon Prime TV. Whether it’s gone out or not, that’s going to be a tough one. What are our thoughts on this? That appeals to me.”
“It looks in there!” he said after seeing a different angle. That frame has a view, but it’s obscured (the ball). Bowen is clearly concealing the section of the ball that we want to see; his right leg is obscuring the line.
“It makes things very difficult for us.” I’m hoping that whoever is looking at it has a different perspective because you can’t see it. His right leg, specifically his right thigh, is actually blocking (the view).”
A group of Arsenal players could be heard asking Oliver what the ruling would be, with the referee attempting to explain that Bowen had covered the camera’s view of the line. The Gunners were surprised by the goal, but they were able to recover enough to reestablish their dominance in the game.
But Mikel Arteta’s side struggled to create clear-cut chances, and their fans were visibly frustrated by Oliver’s decision to award the goal. The circumstance was similar to Arsenal’s defeat to Newcastle, when VAR was unable to determine if the ball had gone out in the build-up to the Magpies’ winner.
Arteta went on a rage about VAR and the decision to award that goal after the game. The FA has announced that Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger would not face any penalty for his comments at St James’ Park.
